GRE Word List

ENDEMIC

belonging or native to a particular people or country

The meaning of the word endemic is belonging or native to a particular people or country.

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WordMeaning
refurbishto brighten or freshen up : renovate
fraudulentcharacterized by, based on, or done by fraud : deceitful
ventto provide with a vent
taxonomistthe study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics
outlooka place offering a view
gratifyto be a source of or give pleasure or satisfaction to
vertebrateany of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life
collaborateto work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor
hideto put out of sight : secrete
subsideto sink or fall to the bottom : settle